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Technology Integration Assignment:

Today you may choose to do one of the following:

1. Create a lesson about Rocks and Minerals using Quia (shown by Christine Girtain).

2. Create a simple web page using Word with an activity for your students related to Rocks and Minerals. Your page should have: a title, your name, your email address, an image, text beside the image, and two links. Do the formatting using at least one table. Send the completed html page to us (email to cristiana@baggio.com) and we'll publish it on our website for free! You can use it with your students if you like.

• Title: Moving " Desert"  Plates
• Grade: 10
• ILS: 4. Plate Tectonics
• Name: Y. Gloade
• Email: nanidine@aol.com 

Purpose

This lesson focuses on constructing models, and demonstrating, describing, and explaining the movement of lithospheric plates.

Materials

Plastic knife modeling clay ruler paper scissors rolling pin.

Procedures

1. Draw two 10x20 cm rectangles on paper and cut them out. 
2. Use a rolling pin to flatten the modeling clay so that they are about 1cm thick. Cut each piece into a 10x20cm rectangle. 
3. Place the two pieces of paper on the clay. 
4. Position the two pieces of clay (paper side down) side-by-side on a flat surface. 
5. Push the models together until the edges begin to buckle and raise off the flat surface. 
6.Turn the clay models around so that the unbuckled edges face each other. 
7. With a hand on each clay model apply pressure to the seam as you push one model forward and the other about 6cm away from you. 
8. Repeat step #7 four times, alternating the direction of movement of the model each time.

Assessment

Questions for Discussion:

1. What type of movement is being demonstrated when you push the models together until they buckle? 

2. Describe the type of plate boundary being demonstrated when the models slide against each other. 

3. Describe the appearance of the edges of the clay model in the two processes. If similar processes occur on the earth's surface, what might be their appearance?

• Title: Layers by Design
• Grade: 9
• ILS: 5. Earth History
• Name: Nicole Pisano
• Email: nlp0573@aol.com

Purpose

To explore the concepts of relative age using the law of superposition in rock layers.

Materials

Paint Program (Word Optional) Printer (color if possible) Paper and pencils (color)

Procedures

1. Students will use the paint program to design rock strata. They must include at least 5 coded (from NY State Earth Science Reference Tables) layers and at least one unconformity.

2. Students need to write out a description of their strata.

3. Pairs of students must switch descriptions and re-create their partner's design from the written description.

Assessment

1. The strata created must meet the criteria of step 1 in the procedure.

2. Comparision of student's original design and partners re-creation.

E2C_Resources

www.monsterexchange.org

Extra: 

Mineral Web page Created by Nicole     Word  |  HTML